A former primary school teacher, her mum would decorate the house and take them all, wide-eyed and excited, to see Santa.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/black-santas-grotto-noir-kringle-uk_uk_6537737be4b0c85561025ccb

And while Brown didn't end up as a finalist on, it's still a trip to look back at the video of the burgeoning star reveling in his audition triumph as a wide-eyed 19-year-old from Tennessee.

Source: https://theboot.com/kane-brown-the-x-factor-audition/

A recent photograph of Walter on the fundraiser shows him wide-eyed and beaming next to a Spiderman themed chocolate cake as he celebrated his third birthday.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12409333/Walter-Enslin-Greer-3-dies-falling-boat-struck-propeller-family-vacation-Utah-reservoir-devastated-relatives-pay-tribute.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

As a wide-eyed high schooler, playing against people older than him was difficult, but helped make his transition to Northeastern’s team easier.

Source: https://huntnewsnu.com/70245/sports/mens-ice-hockey/tyler-enters-the-spottlight-with-100-games-played/

Grimm stood wide-eyed contained in the Boise University Pavilion because the Bruins walked Edney on the multi-colored court docket in ecstasy.

Source: https://basquiatstrings.co.uk/how-it-feels-to-be-on-the-losing-end-of-ncaa-tournament-greatness-bt-news

He was from Charleston, in the South, and seemed to feel a similar pressure to act like a New Yorker, full of wide-eyed enthusiasm crossed with self-deprecating irony.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/07/i-went-clubbing-on-a-first-date-it-was-one-of-the-best-ive-ever-been-on-17974563/

Of course, at the center of the drama is housewife Dot, delivered with wide-eyed sincerity by Juno Temple, who plays this woman like she is doing cross-stitch while sitting on a box of dynamite.

Source: https://www.metroweekly.com/2023/12/fargo-season-5-review-midwestern-rhapsody/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fargo-season-5-review-midwestern-rhapsody

“Sometimes for a high school kid, this is all brand new and they come in wide-eyed and trying to figure it out because they’ve never been through it.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2023-04-26/ucla-receivers-j-michael-sturdivant-kyle-ford-pac-12-veterans

'The new baby was born with a thick fuzzy white coat, just like its parents, and is already wide-eyed and full of personality.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12906691/Could-120g-fluffball-save-critically-endangered-species-Adorable-footage-shows-tiny-dancing-lemur-clinging-mum-born-Chester-Zoo.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

This wide-eyed, curious young student isn’t the same person as my character, who just learned the Cruciatus curse and has been using it on every man, woman, and goblin she encounters.

Source: https://kotaku.com/hogwarts-legacy-evil-morality-unforgivable-dark-arts-1850197268